Surface features on Titan form like Earth's, but with a frigid twist

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 05:14 in Astronomy & Space

'It is really surprising how closely Titan's surface resembles Earth's,' says Rosaly Lopes, a planetary geologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, who is presenting the results on Friday, 7 August. 'In fact, Titan looks more like the Earth than any other body in the Solar System, despite the huge differences in temperature and other environmental conditions.'...

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